Monday, December 21, 2009

While I like having the extra cards from doing Sherri's 5 card a month challenge, I really do like making my cards in November (or, lets be real, December!) production line style. Plus, I like having the one quintessential Christmas card for the year. I really didn't like this card when I put it together. In fact, I considered dumping the whole concept. But, as it sat on my desk, I decided I DID like it. Now, it's really grown on my & I think I'm going to make a few more (Scott's co-workers need cards). Merry Christmas!!

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Saturday, December 19, 2009

I don't even remember who's swap this was. I'm thinking Sherri's but who knows (I really need to post DAILY!!!) I LOVE this b/g paper. I used the left overs to make to/from tags for my gifts. I'm going to try to start using all the scraps to make cards & such so I don't have so many left overs after making a swap.

I have NOT blown off this blog. I have tons of stuff to post but haven't taken the time to do it (hmmm, maybe that IS the definition of blowing off???) But, here, now, TODAY, I'm going to remedy all that. I'm going to post the stuff I have been ignoring AND I'm going to post the 20 cards we made at the C'mas Stamp Camp at Sue's!!!

Without further ado, here is a timely, Halloween project!!!

Someone (Christie??) posted a link showing all the different Halloween "characters" that could be made w/the scallop punch. They were using them as candy decorations. I don't like peppermint patties and, w/them all lined up in a row, I thought GARLAND. I mad 2 attempts at the garland. The first one was too skinny & the weight of the scallops pulled the garland over & you couldn't see the pretty faces.

The 2nd attempt worked better but, next year, I'm going to make a LONGER piece of cheesecloth (the cloth was dyed using the TON of Walnut Ink that Sarah had given me years ago!!)

Thursday, September 17, 2009

It was Stamp Camp last Saturday!! My favorite day of the month! (maybe even more fun than payday!) I LOVE this b'day card. I love the stripe paper backed w/a solid (soft suede in this case, the only one of the new "in colors" I like. Seems like everyone loves every other color!) Since I'm heading into b'day central (my niece, my nephew, my son, my MIL, my bro & ME!) I can use all the b'day cards I can get!!!

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Ok, just a few flakes. On some ATCs. I don't even remember who's swap this is. I really wanted a different feel for this but ended up going w/the bling. Nothing else worked the way I wanted. The background paper is a little shimmery, not sure if you can tell in this pic.....

Sunday, September 13, 2009

My Stamp Shack buddy Kerry posted a link to this video on making homemade glue dots. I seem to go thru glue dots VERY quickly and never seem to have the "right" size. So I made these. They work very well! The only complaint is they are not flat or paper thin. Next time I make some, I'm going to try to smush them BEFORE they dry & see if they come out flatter that way. Give them a try!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

For Angie's Halloween Free For All swap. Once again, Changito RULES!!! Once again, DO NOT stamp on black pattern paper if you want to keep your sanity!!! Plus, if you notice, there are TWO pieces to the goodie bag. That top piece was a KILLER!!!

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

This card was VERY hard to put together. But, I love how it turned out! There was stuff stamped on the inside but I forgot to take a pic. We also did a 4th card but I still haven't put mine together. There was discussion over ribbon placement & I never landed anywhere with it.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

I really dig this card. I did change a bit from the sample. The khaki circles and stars were supposed to be white. I didn't like the contrast of the white against the khaki so I changed it. LOL I wish I had stamped MORE stars on the twill tape!

Monday, August 24, 2009

Last week's stamp camp! Such a manly card. Since I don't usually send cards to man-friends, one of my girlies will get it. It's got flowery bud things on it, that's girly, right?? We used the white gel pen to color on the embossed bird.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

I have so many things that I have taken pics of and want to get on here but, for some reason or another, I haven't managed it. So, instead of worrying about what "needs" to go on here, I'm just gonna stick some out here!

These are pages for Patti's Christmas Circle Journal. When I got her's, I thought "oh goodie, no theme. this will be easy". Well, not so much. I knew I wanted to color block & I was pretty sure which images I wanted to use. I first stamped them all on white copy paper, cut them out leaving a bit of border around each. I messed around placing them, cutting them down farther or marking the ones that needed to be bigger. Then, I filled in the spaces with images that fit the area and theme. Then, I tried to determine what colors would work best. I should have had more red & green but, I need to color some images so that required they be on lighter colors. After alot of work, it turned out fairly cute. On to the next journal!!!

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Card number 2 from Debi's SU Party. Now, y'all know how I feel about "In Colors" so I'm not overjoyed w/the card colors but I really did dig the "medallion" we made w/the scallop punch. COOL!! I also really liked how she had us emboss the outside & the INSIDE portion of the card. Neat ideas Sue!!!

Saturday, July 18, 2009

This is one of the HARDEST swaps I've joined. There was lots going on in Indiana this spring and we were to choose a theme & make an ATC on it. Well, I'd seen what some of the other girls had done & they took all the good ideas! So, mine is a little far afield. The room we were in had issues with the the air conditioning. We spent half the time freezing to death. As soon as someone would nudge the temp up the tiniest bit, we'd be burning up! So, this is in memory of the Cold Room, Hot Girls at Palooza.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

More GLITTER!! This was a interesting (and by that I mean MESSY) card to do. We took the sticky paper & stuck it to white paper (I wonder what this would look like w/a different paper) and then stuck it in dazzling diamonds. Then we cut it w/the Big Shot. Stamped & cut the medallion, added glue & more dazzling diamonds, stamped the white piece & added MORE dazzling diamonds. Talk about sparlke!!

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I live in Southern IL, near StL. I've been married to Scott for 26 years and we have 2 kids: Becca 21 & Nick 19. We have a kitty named Jack. I work as a medical biller. Scott is an auditor & travels about 2 weeks of the month.